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See also:EMMANUEL ARMAND DE WIGNEROD DU PLESSIS DE See also:RICHELIEU See also:AIGUILLON , Duc D' (1720-1782), See also:French states-See also:man, See also:nephew of the marechal de See also:Richelieu, was See also:born on the 31st of See also:July 1720 . He entered the See also:army at the See also:age of seventeen, and at the age of nineteen was made See also:colonel of the See also:regiment of See also:Brie . He served in the See also:campaigns in See also:Italy during the See also:War of the See also:Austrian See also:Succession, was seriously wounded at the See also:siege of See also:Chateau-Dauphin (1744), was taken prisoner (1746) and was made marechal de See also:camp in 1748 . His See also:marriage in 1740 with See also:Louise Felicite de Brehan, daughter of the See also:comte de Plelo, See E . Flechier, Oraison funebre de Mme . See also:Marie de Wignerod, duchesse d'See also:Aiguillon; Bonneau-Avenant, La duchesse d'Aiguillon (1879); Mimoires de See also:Saint-See also:Simon, ed. by A. de Boislisle (1879 et seq.) . |
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